Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I do not think it is a case of anyone jumping on the bandwagon. The Department has the power to go in anywhere - any field, premises, shed or farm facility. We know that is in the agricultural sector, and Mr. Sheahan has clarified that carries across in the very same way to the horse sector. The animals in the fields are inspected. Mr. Sheahan has clarified a number of times, helpfully, that there is a vet on site on the day they are slaughtered they are examined. Committee members are curious that, for whatever period of time the horses were in this shed, whether it is for minutes, hours or a day, nobody looked in there. It is a very legitimate question. I do not think, in fairness, that is jumping on a bandwagon.